Hegseth urged NATO allies to bolster their defense spending from 2% to 5% of their GDP, noting that the U.S. is attempting to ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte briefed reporters on Thursday following a NATO ...

The clarification appeared designed to address the backlash ignited by his remarks as President Trump pursues negotiations to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday responded to global blowback to his comments this week that Ukraine should not ...

Hegseth also said Wednesday that Ukraine returning to its prewar borders—before Russia annexed Crimea in 2014—would be ...

US Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, said Thursday that acknowledging Ukraine's borders would not go back to what they were in ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining ...

Two percent is a start, as President Trump has said, but it’s not enough, nor is 3%, nor is 4% — more like 5%,” the defense ...

Reading the riot act to U.S. allies, Hegseth said that Ukraine will not get all its territory back from Russia and will not ...

In his first big turn on the world stage, the defense secretary has already been forced to offer a major walk-back.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there’s “no betrayal” in the U.S. position on ending the war in Ukraine, as the Trump ...